Lou,
Thanks for that comment. I haven't had the chance to play with the newer
relay type tuners so I guess I didn't know how good I had it. I also have a
dentron external tuner and one from MFJ and their performance seems to
compare favorably with the internal tuner on the 440. I'd love something
more up to date but I expect I'll use the good old 440 until it simply
refuses to turn on. 73. Lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: more G5RV stuff
> Hi Lou.
>
> I've used the TS440SAT and it is a much better tuner than most of the
> tuners being sold with radios today. You really have to get an external
> tuner to get anything with as much range as the AT440 and AT450 auto
tuners
> had.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 02:22 PM 12/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >Wow, that's surprising, Tom. With the TS 440 i use the internal tuner
which
> >will not be happy with anything above 1.5 to 1, and I can tune it with no
> >problem on 80, 60 40, 20 and 17. But how are you taking your readings?
If
> >you're using the LDG, the readings won't be accurate because the meter
will
> >be between the rig and the antenna. Lou
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:09 PM
> >Subject: more G5RV stuff
> >
> >
> > > Hi, all.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me what an acceptable SWR picture would be for a
102-foot
> > > G5RV antenna?
> > >
> > > I re-oriented my G5RV antenna today, by making the ladder-line run
pretty
> > > much vertically from the antenna feed-point at the top of my 35-foot
> >tower,
> > > to the coax that then goes into my shack from the base of the tower.
I
> > > checked the connections between the ladder-line and the coax feedline,
and
> > > they still seem to be good.
> > >
> > > My SWR's are a bit better, and the auto-tuners on both my IC746 and
> >Kenwood
> > > TS480 now tune the antenna on 40 meters (which I couldn't say before),
but
> > > the SWR's still seem quite high to me.
> > >
> > > On 40 meters, I get an SWR anywhere from about 5 to 1 down to about 4
to
> >1.
> > >
> > > The antenna has its best SWR readings on 20 meters, which you'd
expect,
> >but
> > > even here, I can't get the SWR to go much below about 1.8 to 1 in the
> >center
> > > of the band.
> > >
> > > Again, at least now, the auto-tuners in both of my HF rigs will tune
the
> > > antenna, but I'm wondering whether it's even safe or wise to use the
> >antenna
> > > under these conditions.
> > >
> > > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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